Praise and Thanks

Well, some of you might know and many of you might not...that Kev's wonderful, sweet Uncle Randy was in the hospital this past week/end. I won't go into his whole situation or all the details, cuz I don't feel it's my place and I hate to get facts wrong...but I will say it was serious and we are very thankful and singing praises today that he is now home and on the road to recovery. I'm not exactly sure of all the circumstances...but apparently he contracted MRSA somehow and it went into a very dangerous area of his face/nasal area...and very near his brain. He went to an ENT on Friday cuz his face/mouth/nasal area was very swollen and they sent him straight to our local hospital where they did surgery almost immediately to drain the area. In the midst of all this our Aunt Kim (his wonderful wife :)) was up near Purdue area getting ready for her mom's funeral the next day. So, she had to drive back and be by his side, of course. As if they weren't going through enough already grieving the loss of a mother and grandmother. The whole situation was very critical and they were not sure even yesterday if they were going to go back in and do more surgery...but by morning they had decided that he was ok to go home, so he was released yesterday. He still has been going in for IV antibiotics twice a day and will do so again tomorrow...but we are just so incredibly thankful that he is better and that it didn't get more serious. Thanks to all of you who knew about this and were praying...and who also have been praying for Kim in the midst of her mom's passing. I know this weekend was hard all around for their family...not to mention that this all happened so near Christmas. But, we are thankful for God's hand in all this and that Kim and Randy have such a great support network at our church and in our community. We love you, Kim and Randy and kids. Hang in there.